Partial matching in R

Question

Is there a way I can partially match the two data frames in R?

df1<-data.frame("FIDELITY FREEDOM 2015 FUND", "ID")

df2<-data.frame("FIDELITY ABERDEEN STREET TRUST: FIDELITY FREEDOM 2015 FUND", 2020)

I want to merge df1 and df2 as df

df<-data.frame("FIDELITY FREEDOM 2015 FUND", "ID", 2020)

The string of df1 is part of the string of df2. So I am thinking of using fuzzy matching.

Answer 1

Following @dario's suggestion:

library(dplyr)
library(fuzzyjoin)

df1<-data.frame(x = "FIDELITY FREEDOM 2015 FUND", y = "ID")

df2<-data.frame(x = "FIDELITY ABERDEEN STREET TRUST: FIDELITY FREEDOM 2015 FUND", z = 2020)

fuzzy_join(df1, df2, match_fun = \(x,y) grepl(x, y)) %>% 
  select(!ends_with(".y")) %>% rename(x = x.x)

#> Joining by: "x"
#>                            x  y    z
#> 1 FIDELITY FREEDOM 2015 FUND ID 2020